Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2017

They seem shocked to learn that most professional investors and advisors, myself included, routinely decline such requests, due to costly litigation and administrative nightmares. Potential investors don’t need this data, except perhaps as part of a final due diligence after an initial signed agreement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2014

Explore investor websites and conferences. Investor conferences are also a good place to keep up with what is going on, get to know some potential investors for you, and find what is hot. Typically you can browse them by region or technology to find founders. Your best job leads will come from other entrepreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

The confidence, energy, passion and humor that are hallmarks of Jonathan became muted in the pressures of needing to show financial successes to match one’s enormous product vision and ambitions. His vision for social analytics and tracking the conversion funnel was better than any I had heard at the time (or since).

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Most of the guidance you see for entrepreneurs is aimed at those who are selling a product (Apple, Tesla, Xiaomi), or selling a service (Uber, Airbnb, Snapchat). The “product” value is difficult to quantify, the costs are nebulous, and entrepreneurs have to clone themselves to scale the business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2016

Come with a product built and a proven business model. A business needs technical, marketing, financial and many other skills. Angel investors expect to review a short executive summary before booking time to hear an investor presentation or taking the time to analyze a full business plan.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 19, 2011

TechZulu is heading out to CES and we have tons of products/gadgets/games/companies to review and interview. Network with hundreds over delicious four course dinner followed by panel on Attracting Venture Capital, and Top Trends for Social Media, Mobile Apps and Consumer Devices. So make sure you Follow @techzulu.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). And they have access to some of the most talented technology entrepreneurs so this is a worthy goal for them. What stage? What price?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). And they have access to some of the most talented technology entrepreneurs so this is a worthy goal for them. What stage? What price?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

. - So I’ve always advised people that if they do launch at a big show, the most important public relations work they do is after the conference. But more broadly it got me thinking to one of the biggest mistakes tech executives get into in the first place. Don’t put in the time to getting coverage until your product rocks.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

As 2010 approaches, a whole new year of exciting start-ups, tech news, gadgets, and much more is ahead. TechZulu wants to thank not only the Los Angeles tech community but the entire tech community for all the awesome support you have given us throughout this past year. We already have a jammed packed schedule for 2010.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. So let’s be very specific: let’s assume your dream job is product manager at Google, working on the Analytics product.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

so compelling (other than the fact that the CEO Sean Rad is a great young technology leader and his advisers – Brian Norgard , Dan Gould and Evan Rifkin - are some of the guys I respect most in the LA tech market.). Wordpress), video (YouTube), pictures (Flickr), review sites (Yelp) and collaborative content (Wikipedia).

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

The need for creativity extends well beyond product design. I want to know how many people, their level of tech sophistication, their age and their interests. Yet most startups seem to constrain creativity to product design. Many people are visual thinkers. Therefore to drive creativity people need to do visual brainstorming.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Hence the emergence of Source13, a new mobile conference produced by Flurry. John Busher, Harry Balls – a humorous site offering reviews and information about mobile apps, primarily indie games. You have very little real estate to deal with, so build a product that works and does what you say it’s going to do.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2010

Every 1:1 meeting you’ve had to date has been collegiate and productive. Other times the partner wants to test whether there is support before sinking in tons of due diligence time. I would try a line like, “I know that some of you might be social media experts and others may be less deep on this particular area.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

In this article the focus will be on how to successfully attract media attention. In order to prepare for TechCrunch Disrupt 2012 I reviewed company bios via the official site and read taglines that said “cool” rather than what the company does. I needed to have a plan to be efficient with my time during the 3 day conference.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

“The object is to exploit the convergence of people, information, products, services and places with today’s smartphones and tablets, which drive online orders in addition to purchases from brick-and-mortar stores.”. Paul Breummer, Search Engine Land.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Loading… Tech. SIGNIFICANCE PASSING-MENTION. --> Tech Titans Hit the Beach As Silicon Valley moguls go on a home-buying spree in Los Angeles, theyre reshaping the real-estate landscape. The tech industry is going south. Prices are soaring in the beachfront communities tech types favor, and rents in these.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

10 Ways To Be Your Own Boss - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , June 18, 2010 The folks at Behance and Cool Hunting asked me to talk at their 99% Conference a couple months ago. The 99% conference is aimed at creative professionals and is focused on Edison's "99% perspiration." Productivity. Now I have.

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